Chairman and CEO of Olsen, Dr. Richard Olsen holds a Licentiate in Law from the University of Zurich (1979), a Masters in Economics from Oxford University (1980) and a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich (1981). He worked in banking as a researcher and foreign exchange dealer before founding Olsen and Associates in 1985 and becoming the firm's Chief Executive Officer. He is also CEO of OANDA.